News
Canada’s lopsided 5-0 win over an experimental Australia side in the rain Friday at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., and the hoopla surrounding it provided a taste of what is to come in Christine Sinclair’s farewell game at B.C. Place Stadium. Sinclair passes the ball as Australia’s Amy Sayer looks on during second half soccer action at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., on Friday, December 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Hoopla expected to hit new heights for Sinclair’s farewell game in Vancouver

Friday’s game, the first half of Sinclair’s swansong in her B.C. backyard, was just an appetizer

Premier David Eby speaks during a press conference in the press theatre at legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Politicians left British Columbia’s legislature Thursday after passing a series of ambitious housing-focused laws Opposition parties say will do little to change the province’s status as the jurisdiction with the most unaffordable housing in North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Housing dominates B.C. legislative session as next election looms

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says there’s more legislation on the way

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Video
Video captured near Foster Avenue and North Road in Coquitlam shows a construction site retaining wall cracking open and spilling dirt into the foundation on Nov. 29, 2023. (@ashsharma75/X)

VIDEO: Retaining wall collapses at under-construction B.C. highrise

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Closing arguments for the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali are expected to begin today at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

2 minutes of silence punctuates closing argument in Ali murder trial

A man was hit and killed by a train near the Port Haney station on Nov. 30. (Black Press Media files)

Man dead after being struck by train in Maple Ridge

A simple ‘hello’ goes a long way in kicking off communication with someone whose sight is limited says Gina Martin who educates the region through her Diverse Abilities business. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

‘Say hello’: B.C. advocate teaches etiquette of interacting with the blind

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Podcasts
Zane Erickson of ZED Studio. (HAVAN photo)

PODCAST: Designing Dreams, Building Reality

Darrell McKay with a 94 year old resident of a refugee camp in the Ukraine. (Submitted Photo)

PODCAST: Darrell McKay updates humanitarian crisis from war-torn Ukraine

Black Press NFL expert Erin Haluschak and PQB News/VI Free Daily editor Philip Wolf. (file photo)

PODCAST: NFL teams look to contend despite host of quarterback injuries

Pamela Martin, retired journalist and news anchor. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: Journalist Pamela Martin remains busy in retirement

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Opinion
Attendants hold their devices as they walk during the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. A federal source says the coming budget will detail how the Liberals plan to go after hidden or unexpected consumer fees, following the United States announcing its own crackdown on these charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Emilio Morenatti

Uzelman: Negligible economic growth forewarns enduring economic malaise

A column by Bruce Uzelman

 

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Entertainment
Celebrated musician Chad Allan, who carved a place in Canadian rock music history as co-founder of iconic bands the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died. He was 80. (The Guess Who/Facebook)

Chad Allan, founding member of Guess Who and BTO, dead at 80

Allan had suffered a number of strokes since 2017

Rick Mercer arrives on the red carpet for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Avril Lavigne, Rick Mercer among honourees at Canada’s Walk of Fame gala

The 25th anniversary broadcast of Canada’s Walk of Fame will air on Dec. 16

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Business
People leave the Walmart after shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Walmart Canada says it will invest nearly $1 billion this fiscal year on a slew of projects meant to modernize the retail giant’s Canadian footprint. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Walmart Canada investing $1 billion in modernization, ‘store of the future’

Some of the chain’s stores will be altered to include larger produce areas

Mastermind Toys, which sells items that include LEGO, has filed for creditor protection. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

‘Deteriorating’: Mastermind toy store files for creditor protection

Mastermind has stores in Coquitlam, Langley, Abbotsford, Tsawwassen, Langford and Prince George

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Obituaries

John Francis Tremblay

Dec 1st, 2023

Anna Noviello

Nov 29th, 2023

Meredith Valerie Thorsen

Nov 29th, 2023

Dwight David Ziegemann

Nov 29th, 2023

Daljit Parmar

Nov 29th, 2023

Jarett James McInenly

Nov 29th, 2023

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